The Day the Earth Caught Fire
1961, Film, 99 min, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, English, United Kingdom, MoviePedia score 68
The INCREDIBLE becomes Real! The IMPOSSIBLE becomes Fact! The UNBELIEVABLE becomes True!
British reporters suspect an international cover-up of a global disaster in progress... and they're right. Hysterical panic has engulfed the world after the United States and the Soviet Union simultaneously detonate nuclear devices and have caused the orbit of the Earth to alter, sending it hurtling towards the sun.
Directed by Val Guest
Cast
- Edward Judd as Peter Stenning
- Janet Munro as Jeannie Craig
- Leo McKern as Bill Maguire
- Michael Goodliffe as 'Jacko' Jackson - Night Editor
- Arthur Christiansen as 'Jeff' Jefferson - Editor
- Bernard Braden as 'Dave' Davis - News Editor
- Reginald Beckwith as Harry
- Gene Anderson as May
- Renée Asherson as Angela
- John Adams as Constable
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